Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Birthday month and School Begins!!


I was so sad to miss our Thankful Thursday with my family this week!! We just can’t seem to be together in the same place! πŸ˜‚ I got home from Phoenix after midnight last night, switched kids and came back to Phoenix children’s for more procedures with Harrison! Love our kids! They keep us hopping! Thankful for my children and that they love to learn and go to school!!πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ’•πŸŽΆ




Back and forth between two hospitals today for tests and procedures!! What a trooper!! Love how he’s just chilling and acting so tough!! πŸ’ͺπŸ»πŸ€— He does love being able to stay at the Ronald Mcdonald House during these times. They help to make it a tad bit fun during tough times. Thank you!πŸ’— we took a bit of time off this summer from all the surgeries, dr. Appointments and therapies. It was nice, but back to business! So grateful to all the doctors, therapists and Biohacking that keep my kiddos’ little bodies in check! And way to go girls at home that helped pull off Charlotte’s School pictures while I was taking care of this little man!! I about died when they sent me this picture that confirmed my little Charlotte is officially a Freshman!! πŸ˜­πŸ€—πŸ’—πŸ‘πŸ» #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #biohackingyourbody #ronaldmcdonaldhouse #phoenixchildrenshospital @ Phoenix Children's Hospital #cerebralpalsy


This is so wild!! I couldn’t believe the day Charlotte went to junior high a couple years ago and got to have grandma as her math teacher....
Now, she’s in high school and she loves it!!! Grandma must have a great influence on her because her favorite subject is math!























We adopted twins!! πŸ’—πŸ’™ This was just as a BIG surprise to me as it will be to my husband when he gets home tonight. πŸ˜†πŸΆ He suggested we get a new puppy for our dog, Annatto, to train. But how could I choose?πŸ˜πŸ’” it would have been sad to break them up! The kids are excited πŸ˜† 😜 and Annatto is a proud Grandpa!!πŸ• #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #labboxer










Kind of silly, but so much fun!! πŸ™ŒπŸ»Three of my children have a rare disease that causes cerebral palsy. So I’m constantly trying to find ways to teach them to biohack their poor hijacked bodies, like most of us have hijacked bodies! 😬 But trying to explain it to kids, it was fun to have the teacher come out in me! 😜 We ate cells breakfast! We talked about the mitochondria and how it jumpstarts our engines and boosts our immune system. The chromosomes develop our eyes, hair and what we look like. But it is so great to know and understand that we can change ourselves and our DNA and make our bodies work better! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»Only about 4 of our genes are hard coated. The rest can change by what we eat, put into our bodies and how we train our bodies. 🀸‍♀️🏊‍♂️🧘‍♀️πŸ…So I love that my kids are asking, “is this why we are able to walk and talk better?” πŸ’‘It’s fun to see their little minds go to work and to understand with all the cells and thousands of mitochondria we have in our bodies, that we actually have control of them!πŸ”¬ πŸ₯‘πŸ₯¦πŸ“
(Thank you Ms. Collett for letting me come help in your classroom with this fun activity. Loved the idea, so we ate it for breakfast!!) LolπŸ˜‚ #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #biohackingyourbody #teachersrock🍎





















This is a big year for us! πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸŽΆ My children all made some major steps!!! All separate schools!! Charlotte went into the HIGH SCHOOL!!-Freshman!! Kalicia went into the JUNIOR HIGH!!!! Caroline moved up to the 5th grade and Harrison -ALL Day School!! -1st grade!! I sent my baby off!! They all came home with big smiles on their faces!! Thank you teachers for a great first day!!




Had a great lunch with my girls. Love our traditions.













So excited for our Aunt Rachelle! She’s going to be a beautiful mother! πŸ‘ΆπŸΌ πŸ’•Congrats! The girls had fun helping me put together our 🌢 vegetable πŸ… cabbage patch kids trayπŸ˜‚πŸ’™ Thank you to my friend, Lynette, helping me to find this cute doll! I guess I am dating myself but they were not easy to come by.





Happy 70th Birthday to this beautiful grandma!!! We sure love her!!πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸŽˆ














Annual Summer Block Party was a big hit!πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ€—Enjoyed everyone’s company and the food was yummy!! Awesome time!! Awesome neighbors!! Love our friends and family!!πŸ’—πŸŽˆπŸŽ‰πŸ˜€ #taylorFarms














Happy Birthday to this fun lovin’ good lookin’ man!!! 🎁We are so grateful to have him a part of our lives!! I can’t believe I have known him for 20 years, almost half of his life! He was an amazing young man then, but I have fallen in love even more with what an incredible man he is becoming! We are all so blessed to have him a part of us. We love you Daddy!!πŸ’—πŸŽ‚πŸŽˆπŸŽΆ


Happy Birthday Loren Lawlor Merrill!
I am so blessed to have you as a friend and business partner. Your values of integrity, honesty, work ethics are simply the highest.
Love you so dearly and love your incredible family. So blessed and so grateful.














Happy birthday to my big boy, Austin! πŸŽ‚πŸŽΆSo proud of this kid! πŸ€—πŸ’™I guess I should say man! Seriously can’t believe he’s 25 years old, about the age I was when I adopted him. πŸ’—Crazy to see things come full circle! He was the sweetest little spunky 13-year-old boy! I’ll never forget the first time I wrapped my arms around him. So proud of what a hard worker he has become! He has beaten the odds!!! He’s rocking it! πŸ™ŒπŸ»Congrats to living a successful life and happy birthday to you my son! 😘









 Happy Birthday to my beautiful mother!! So blessed to call her my friend πŸ’—



























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